I want to get into music, what bands or artists do I need?

musicismylife78

I know ive probably asked this question before, but imagine, you know, or have a 13 year old boy or girl. And they walk up to you and say "I want to get into music, what bands and artists do I need to check out? What albums do I need to listen to?" Obviously this question is horribly open-ended and broad as it can encompass any genre or any artists you'd feel are essential.

So which albums and artists, are essential, must have, must listen? What would you buy this hypothetical teen?

For me, I'd start with the entire beatles dischography. I'd make sure they had all dylan's 60's/70's albums. I'd give them all the grunge bands albums. Because of their age, I'd heavily recommend siamese dream and mellon collie. The entire Radiohead dischography.

What would you all recommend and push on this teen?

rollings

jack white

MissPennyLane

rollings wrote:

jack white

Just saw that mofo tonight and as of right now besides PJ, he's as good and rock gets. He really is in his own league of rock and roll....he's un-fucking-believablly talented.....

Pap

Pearl Jam - Ten
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Tom Waits - Rain Dogs
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Rastaman Vibration
Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line
Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine
Patti Smith - Horses
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Willy and the Poor Boys
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush
Alice In Chains - Dirt
Nirvana - Nevermind
Cypress Hill - Skull & Bones
Ramones - Brain Drain
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc
Deep Purple - Machine Head
The Who - Quadrophenia
The Sonics - Here Are The Sonics
The Wailers - The Fabulous Wailers
Bob Dylan - The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan
Social Distortion - White Light, White Heat, White Trash
Metallica - Metallica

Digital Twilight

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue
John Coltrane - Blue Train
Beethoven - 9th
Mozart - Requiem
Holst - The Planets
Ella Fitzgerald - Anything
Louie Armstrong - Anything
Johnny Cash - American IV
The Beatles - Sgt. Peppers
Led Zeppelin - 1 - 4
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Metallica - Master of Puppets
Tom Waits - Mule Variations
Nirvana - Nevermind
The Ramones - Ramones
Bob Marley - Legend
Micheal Jackson - Thriller
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
Buddy Holly - Some Compilation
Pearl Jam - Ten
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar
Ludovico Einaudi - Nightbook

Abe Froman

Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde
Fugazi - In On The Kill Taker
The Beatles - Revolver
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
Afghan Whigs - Gentleman
The Who - Quadrophenia
Pearl Jam - No Code
Kyuss - Welcome To Sky Valley
Radiohead - Kid A
Smashing Pumpkins - Gish
QOTSA - Rated R
Bob Marley - Kaya
Jimi Hendrix - Electric Ladyland
Soundgarden - Badmotorfinger
Neil Young - Live Rust
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head
Flaming Lips - Yoshimi
Chris Whitley - Din Of Ecstasy
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon

mfc2006

Some others...
Elliott Smith
My Morning Jacket
M. Ward
Radiohead
Raconteurs
Nick Cave
Neil Young
Neil Finn

2-feign-reluctance

Beach Boys (anything you can find)
Neil Young and Crazy Horse
The Allman Brothers
Liam Finn
Supergrass
Blind Melon

Claireack

Ry Cooder - can't think of a particular albun off the top of my head
John Martyn - Solid Air
King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
Genesis - Trespass
Dead can Dance - Aion
Bjork - Debut
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Roxy Music - For your Pleasure
Bob Dylan - Bringin it all back home
Lou Reed - Transformer


There are so, so many things I would recommend for a 13 year old to listen to, the list could go on and on and on. It might be easier to say what not to listen to.

Digital Twilight

Claireack wrote:

Ry Cooder - can't think of a particular albun off the top of my head
John Martyn - Solid Air
King Crimson - Court of the Crimson King
Genesis - Trespass
Dead can Dance - Aion
Bjork - Debut
Joni Mitchell - Blue
Roxy Music - For your Pleasure
Bob Dylan - Bringin it all back home
Lou Reed - Transformer

:thumbup:

Get_Right

wilco-yankee hotel foxtrot
radiohead-in rainbows
REM-reckoning
U2-achtung baby
led zeppelin-LZ II and physical graffiti
the clash-london calling
death cab for cutie-plans
arctic monkeys-whatever people say......
beastie boys-pauls boutique
neil young-harvest
grateful dead-for the faithfull/reckoning
jimmy cliff-best of
Bob marley-greatest hits
david bowie-singles collection
creedence clearwater revival-chronicle
jimmy hendrix-live at monterey
joe jackson-big world
nirvana-nevermind
oasis-whats the story morning glory
rush-exit stage left
talking heads-stop making sense
ac/dc-back in black
tribe called quest-low end theory

thats a good start

DewieCox

Beatles
Zeppelin
Floyd
Sabbath
The Who

Pretty much any good music in my world is a result of what those band laid down as the frame work. You could toss in some of the other greats but I think it takes a bit more maturity in musical taste to get into alot of the stuff from Dylan or Radiohead for example.

dcfaithful

DewieCox wrote:

Beatles
Zeppelin
Floyd
Sabbath
The Who

Pretty much any good music in my world is a result of what those band laid down as the frame work. You could toss in some of the other greats but I think it takes a bit more maturity in musical taste to get into alot of the stuff from Dylan or Radiohead for example.

I agree with this post completely. A great start for a youngster.

It worked for me....

Zoso

wilco
my morning jacket
r.e.m.
neil young
japandroids
television
ryan adams
justin townes earle
the replacements
the hold steady

63schoefflin

I think I'm in the minority here but I just don't get Radiohead at all. I tried, I really have...but every time I try I come up empty. Except for The Bends...that album is freakin awesome. Go figure ha.

But right now I think MMJ and any Jack White are second to none as far as new stuff goes. And you seem to be a Radiohead guy so I wouldn't say you have a problem with acquired tastes which these bands were for me.

Also, the Eagles and Jackson Browne are pretty good ones aside from your standards. There's tons of music out there man...it's a never ending search to find all the good shit!

Zoso

63schoefflin wrote:

I think I'm in the minority here but I just don't get Radiohead at all. I tried, I really have...but every time I try I come up empty. Except for The Bends...that album is freakin awesome. Go figure ha.

But right now I think MMJ and any Jack White are second to none as far as new stuff goes. And you seem to be a Radiohead guy so I wouldn't say you have a problem with acquired tastes which these bands were for me.

Also, the Eagles and Jackson Browne are pretty good ones aside from your standards. There's tons of music out there man...it's a never ending search to find all the good shit!

took me a few years to get them also.. it took time but it clicked eventually.

Get_Right

63schoefflin wrote:

I think I'm in the minority here but I just don't get Radiohead at all. I tried, I really have...but every time I try I come up empty. Except for The Bends...that album is freakin awesome. Go figure ha.

But right now I think MMJ and any Jack White are second to none as far as new stuff goes. And you seem to be a Radiohead guy so I wouldn't say you have a problem with acquired tastes which these bands were for me.

Also, the Eagles and Jackson Browne are pretty good ones aside from your standards. There's tons of music out there man...it's a never ending search to find all the good shit!

I didnt get radiohead until I saw them live on the in rainbows tour. Must see IMHO. That bands kicks major ass.
Eagles yes. Jackson Browne? Yawn. Perhaps a good songwriter, but the only show I couldnt wait to end.

63schoefflin

Get_Right wrote:

63schoefflin wrote:

I think I'm in the minority here but I just don't get Radiohead at all. I tried, I really have...but every time I try I come up empty. Except for The Bends...that album is freakin awesome. Go figure ha.

But right now I think MMJ and any Jack White are second to none as far as new stuff goes. And you seem to be a Radiohead guy so I wouldn't say you have a problem with acquired tastes which these bands were for me.

Also, the Eagles and Jackson Browne are pretty good ones aside from your standards. There's tons of music out there man...it's a never ending search to find all the good shit!

I didnt get radiohead until I saw them live on the in rainbows tour. Must see IMHO. That bands kicks major ass.
Eagles yes. Jackson Browne? Yawn. Perhaps a good songwriter, but the only show I couldnt wait to end.

Yea, never saw him live but just going off some of his songs.

Also love me some Police and Genesis.

F5AgainstOne

Call me crazy, but I would want to maybe add the Rolling Stones to any of those lists.

musicismylife78

in terms of new albums, i'd give this hypothetical teen, the essentials of modern indie, funeral, everything all the time, cease to begin, im wide awake its morning, cassadega, our endless numbered days, trans, plans, give up, chutes too narrow, moon and antarctica, good news,

he.who.forgets

so many amazing recs already but some others:
dispatch
g love
mofro
miles davis
built to spill
billie holiday
jefferson airplane
jimi

FrankieG

Pearl Jam
Foo Fighters
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Strokes
Gaslight Anthem
Rage Against the Machine
Soundgarden
Incubus
Candlebox
Linkin Park
Third Eye Blind
Queens of the Stone Age
Blink 182
Stone Temple Pilots
Chris Cornell
Audioslave
Death Cab for Cutie
Silversun Pickups
Modest Mouse
The Killers
Cake
The Offspring
The Black Keys

pjamaholic

63schoefflin wrote:

I think I'm in the minority here but I just don't get Radiohead at all. I tried, I really have...but every time I try I come up empty. Except for The Bends...that album is freakin awesome. Go figure ha.

But right now I think MMJ and any Jack White are second to none as far as new stuff goes. And you seem to be a Radiohead guy so I wouldn't say you have a problem with acquired tastes which these bands were for me.

Also, the Eagles and Jackson Browne are pretty good ones aside from your standards. There's tons of music out there man...it's a never ending search to find all the good shit!

Not everybody has to like a band like Radiohead. If you cant get into them, then that's your indvidual choice. However I discovered them early this year and cannot get enough of them. As far as I'm concerned, they're pure genius, and that includes every album they've put out, even though their first album was just a very good "pop" album, they have progressed way beyond that in later years. For a 13 year old, I'd recommend listening to Ok Computer and In Rainbows. Or their first album Pablo Honey might appeal more to someone of that age, rather than something more sophisticated like Kid A, an album which takes some getting used to but once you get to know it, it's brilliant. Other bands I'd recommend are bands from the 90s such as the obvious Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Soundgarden. Earlier bands high on my list include Pink Floyd, especially albums DSOTM and WYWH, Queen, Zeppelin, the Stones, U2, REM, the Police and the RHCP. I also like Muse, although to many people they go ott, I like their style and what they do on stage. A 13 year old might want to get into hair bands, such as Bon Jovi, Kiss and Guns'n Roses. Several bands from the 60s worth mentioning are the Beatles, Cream, the Doors and the Who. There is almost an endless range of different musical genres and great bands out there, it obviously depends on what kind of music someone prefers as to what they're going to listen to and there's plenty of good stuff coming out nowadays from bands like the Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, Snow Patrol etc.

stipe19

Dont forget about Michael Jackson and the Jackson 5.

musicismylife78

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Not everybody has to like a band like Radiohead. If you cant get into them, then that's your indvidual choice. However I discovered them early this year and cannot get enough of them. As far as I'm concerned, they're pure genius, and that includes every album they've put out, even though their first album was just a very good "pop" album, they have progressed way beyond that in later years. For a 13 year old, I'd recommend listening to Ok Computer and In Rainbows. Or their first album Pablo Honey might appeal more to someone of that age, rather than something more sophisticated like Kid A, an album which takes some getting used to but once you get to know it, it's brilliant. Other bands I'd recommend are bands from the 90s such as the obvious Pearl Jam, Nirvana and Soundgarden. Earlier bands high on my list include Pink Floyd, especially albums DSOTM and WYWH, Queen, Zeppelin, the Stones, U2, REM, the Police and the RHCP. I also like Muse, although to many people they go ott, I like their style and what they do on stage. A 13 year old might want to get into hair bands, such as Bon Jovi, Kiss and Guns'n Roses. Several bands from the 60s worth mentioning are the Beatles, Cream, the Doors and the Who. There is almost an endless range of different musical genres and great bands out there, it obviously depends on what kind of music someone prefers as to what they're going to listen to and there's plenty of good stuff coming out nowadays from bands like the Black Keys, Vampire Weekend, Snow Patrol etc.[/quote]


agree with pretty much this entire post. good list of bands including snow patrol, who wouldnt be an obvious choice but are a great band. your view of radiohead is spot on. I once read Damien Rice (who I would include in this list, his albums 0 and 9 are essential)being described as the singer songwriter every other singer songwriter wants to be and is jealous of. Agree 100 percent. Along those lines, I'd say Radiohead are the band, every other band in every genre wants to be and is jealous of. As far as new, current, still active bands, they pretty much operate on another level, with every album being hailed as some masterpiece of mozart and shakespeare levels. without a doubt the 2nd most important band of our entire generation.

we-were-but-stones

neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea

mfc2006

we-were-but-stones wrote:

neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea

fantastic record!

we-were-but-stones

mfc2006 wrote:

we-were-but-stones wrote:

neutral milk hotel - in the aeroplane over the sea

fantastic record!

certainly is a must have

LukinFan

he.who.forgets wrote:

mofro

JJ Grey and Mofro is a must

intodeep

Black Sabbath- We Sold Our Soul for Rock n Roll
A nice little greatest hits to make sure they know what a good riff sounds like

Oh and 13 year old intodeep had very different music taste than 34 year old into deep has. I'd keep that in mind.